[asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight

[Stephane Bakhos]

Yes, we use these in our most critical servers.


On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, ContactTel Business wrote:

> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:29:10 -0400
> From: ContactTel Business <lists at contacttel.com>
> Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
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> To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
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> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight
> 
> Steph, you talking about
> http://www.ami.com/products/product.cfm?CatID=4&SubID=32&prodid=196 ?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Stephane Bakhos
> Sent: April-07-09 7:52 PM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight
>
> If you are starting out in business colocation is usually the cheapest
> option. you won't have to worry about all of the hassle related to running
> an actual data center.
>
> There are a lot of colocation providers out there, unfortunately the
> various experiences I had only proved that cost is not the best metric for
> reliability.
>
> I do however recommend that you have in house technical staff and not to
> rely on the staff of whichever colocation center you select. Or at the
> very least make sure you work with a dependable contractor that can
> respond to emergencies.
>
> If that isn't an option, invest in a lights-out remote management card to
> plug your server in (www.ami.com has some ok ones).
>
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Max Clark wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 16:27:34 -0700
>> From: Max Clark <max.clark at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>>     <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
>>     <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] OT: Co-location vs Build Out Insight
>>
>> There are a lot of pieces to this puzzle. Examples:
>>
>> - For some companies the $1,000/sq foot average construction costs
>> keep the idea of building an in house datacenter off the table.
>> - For small (100 sq foot) installations it's reasonable to purchase a
>> medium sized UPS and HVAC for the computer room - the nightmare is
>> getting a generator installed and a permit for the exhaust and fuel
>> storage.
>> - Even installing fiber into your office
>> (http://www.phyber.com/ip/#ontap) doesn't give you the rapid scale of
>> being able to order new GigE/10Gig circuits overnight at a colo.
>>
>> How much would it cost your business per hour of downtime? Could you
>> survive if you lost service to your building for two days?
>>
>> For most it is way easier/cheaper to colocate the equipment.
>>
>> -Max
>>
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